16th Apr 2009 11:08
16 April 2009
WILLIAM HILL PLC
THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS RESTRICTED AND IS NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN, INTO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES, AUSTRALIA, CANADA, JAPAN OR SOUTH AFRICA OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT AN OFFER OF SECURITIES FOR SALE IN THE UNITED STATES. SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD IN THE UNITED STATES ABSENT REGISTRATION OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION. NO PUBLIC OFFERING OF SECURITIES HAS BEEN MADE, IS BEING MADE OR WILL BE MADE IN THE UNITED STATES BY WILLIAM HILL PLC IN CONNECTION WITH THE RIGHTS ISSUE.
NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS
ACQUISITION OF NEW SHARES FOLLOWING RIGHTS ISSUE
In accordance with DTR 3.1.4R, William Hill PLC ('the Company') announces the following transactions in respect of its ordinary share capital of 10 pence each by Directors of the Company who took up their rights following the Company's recent rights issue.
Under the rights issue, qualifying shareholders had the right to buy 1 new ordinary share in the Company for every 1 existing ordinary share in the Company held on the record date of 18 March 2009 at a price of 105 pence per new ordinary share.
The table below shows the number of shares held by the Directors of the Company under the rights issue and the total number of shares held by the Directors in the Company following the rights issue.
|
Name |
Number of shares acquired under the Rights Issue |
Total number of shares beneficially held following the Rights Issue |
|
Executive Directors: |
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|
Simon Lane |
1,500 |
3,000 |
|
Ralph Topping |
13,556 |
27,112 |
|
Non-Executive Directors: |
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|
David Allvey |
13,333 |
26,666 |
|
David Edmonds |
12,000 |
24,000 |
|
Barry Gibson |
17,231 |
34,462 |
|
Ashley Highfield |
- |
- |
|
Charles Scott |
125,817 |
251,634 |
For information, options and conditional awards of shares granted to the Executive Directors under William Hill PLC's employee share schemes have been adjusted to compensate for the effect of the Rights Issue.
Enquiries:
Dennis Read, Deputy Company Secretary Tel: 020 8918 3723
Lyndsay Wright, Head of Investor Relations Tel: 020 8918 3614
Related Shares:
WMH.L